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Carjacking suspect shot by police

Police say an armed man who had just crashed a car, robbed a woman, and tried to carjack someone is in the hospital tonight with a gunshot wound.

Updated: 8:08 AM MDT Oct 29, 2013

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Carjacking suspect shot by police

Police say an armed man who had just crashed a car, robbed a woman, and tried to carjack someone is in the hospital tonight with a gunshot wound.

Updated: 8:08 AM MDT Oct 29, 2013

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Carjacking suspect shot by police

Police say an armed man who had just crashed a car, robbed a woman, and tried to carjack someone is in the hospital tonight with a gunshot wound.

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WEBVTT POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN WHO HAD JUST CRASHED A CAR... ROBBED A WOMAN, AND TRIED TO CARJACK SOMEONE -- IS IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS SHOT BY AN OFFICER ON CENTRAL AVENUE IN NOB HILL. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE -- STARTING WITH KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAUREN ZAKALIK. DOUG, SHELLY-- AS YOU CAN SEE, CENTRAL AVENUE JUST EAST OF NOB HILL IS FINALLY BACK OPEN... IT WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS AS POLICE INVESTIGATED A FEW DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES. IT ALL STARTED AROUND 4-45 THIS AFTERNOON, WHEN COPS SAY AN ARMED MAN CAUSED SOME MAJOR HAVOC HERE ON HISTORIC ROUTE 66. CHAOS ON CENTRAL AVENUE AS POLICE OPEN FIRE ON A MAN THEY SAY HAD JUST CRASHED A CAR, ROBBED SOMEONE AND ATTEMPTED TO CARJACK A PERSON AT GUNPOINT. . its unfortunate we have subjects of a violent nature and feel they can confront other citizens 5:45-5:48 POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED RIGHT HERE AT CENTRAL AND WASHINGTON AROUND 4-45-SMACK AT THE START OF RUSH HOUR. THIS IS THE SILVER HONDA CIVIC THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY CRASHED INTO A LIGHTPOLE. CHIEF ALLEN BANKS SAYS A WITNESS THEN SAW THE GUY GET OUT OF THE CAR HOLDING A HANDGUN.. AND AS HE THEN MADE HIS WAY DOWN CENTRAL points a gun at a woman and a child and demands money 1:25-1:31 BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE. BANKS SAYS THE MAN THEN TRIED TO STEAL SOMEONE'S CAR. THAT'S WHEN AN OFFICER SHOT AT HIM. WITNESSES REPORT HEARING ANYWHERE FROM 7-10 GUNSHOTS. BUT WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW IF ALL BULLETS CAME FROM THE OFFICER. evidence will possibly indicate who did what 4:59-5:01 NO OFFICERS WERE HURT IN TODAY'S INCIDENT, AND THANKFULLY NO BYSTANDERS WERE INJURED EITHER.. THAT INCLUDES THE GRANDMOTHER AND 7-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WHO WERE ROBBED. WE'RE THE SUSPECT HAS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES FROM THE GUN SHOT. SHELLY? LAUREN -- DO WE KNOW ANYTHING YET ABOUT THE SUSPECT, OR THE OFFICER WHO SHOT HIM? SHELLY, CHIEF BANKS SAYS THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF INVESTIGATING TO DO AND LOTS OF INTERVIEWS TO CONDUCT. SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN I-D YET ON THE SUSPECT, BUT WE DO KNOW THE OFFICER WHO SHOT HIM IS ON STANDARD PAID LEAVE WHILE THEY